Richard Monette, a law professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says it's very likely that the Menominee Nation and Hard Rock International will take legal action to challenge the state's rejection of a proposed casino project.

The environmental group RePower Wisconsin says it's concerned that Mike Huebsch, Gov. Scott Walker's newest appointee to the Public Service Commission, will simply serve as a mouthpiece for the governor.

Methamphetamine labs and the health problems they pose have been a problem in northwestern Wisconsin for several years. But recently, drug dealers have been hawking a new designer drug imported from China that produces a similar high. John Vaudreuil U.S. Attorney's Office . It's called Alpha-PVP and is often called...

With the average age of the Wisconsin farmer now roughly 60 years old, a $1 million federal grant will help form a new apprenticeship program to grow the next generation of farmers in an effort to help preserve the state’s status as America’s Dairyland.

Two Wisconsin organizations are receiving federal grants to help recruit and train the next generation of farmers. The head of one of those groups talks about a looming shortage of farmers in the state, and how his group is working to patch that gap.

Supporters of a new moratorium on large-scale farms in Bayfield County say it gives the county more time to study risks and oversight that come with concentrated animal feeding operations, while opponents say it could negatively impact existing farmers.

According to author Rebecca Frankel, there have probably been dogs on battlefields as long as there have been people fighting those battles. For her book War Dogs; Tales Of Canine Heroism, History, And Love published in October 2014, she interviewed dog handlers, military commanders and specialized therapist to examine the...

Over the past four years, frac sand companies in Trempealeau County have begun using an obscure, legal maneuver called annexation to avoid strict county regulations. By convincing cities to stretch their boundaries around mines, companies can work directly with the city officials rewriting the rules. But a lawsuit brought by...

As part of a marketing effort, a group that supports school vouchers in Wisconsin recently used open records laws to request student and family contact information from dozens of school districts statewide.

Immigrant advocates in cities like Madison are preparing to help people take advantage of President Barack Obama's immigration action, even though a federal judge temporarily halted the plan earlier this week.

In the wake of a report showing that heroin deaths in Milwaukee County had increased by 72 percent over the past year, a group of officials and health providers gathered in Madison to discuss ways to combat heroin and prescription drug abuse in the state.

Menominee tribal members ended a 155-mile march across the state to Madison on Wednesday, holding a rally at the state Capitol in support of a proposed casino project in Kenosha. The effort, however, will likely be for naught, given that Gov. Scott Walker has stood firm in his rejection of...

Tensions over the policing of Madison’s black communities have been on the rise since last fall, when communities around the country began protesting in the wake of Michael Brown’s death in Ferguson. Madison’s police department is currently holding community meetings, where these tensions are being voiced.

Bayfield County will consider passing a moratorium on large-scale farms at a Wednesday night meeting, though it's unclear whether the moratorium would apply to a concentrated animal feeding operation that an Iowa-based company has proposed building in the area.

Amid the flap over the the UW-System's "Wisconsin Idea," our guest says higher education should be about making students employable. What's more he says, the UW's outdated idea of a liberal arts education is costing students money and pushing back their graduation date.